(Encyclopedia) Cork, county, 2,881 sq mi (7,462 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. Cork is the county seat. Largest of the Irish counties, it has a rocky…
(Encyclopedia) Ewell, Benjamin StoddertEwell, Benjamin Stodderty&oomacr;ˈəl [key], 1810–94, American educator, b. Georgetown, D.C., grad. West Point, 1832; brother of Gen. R. S. Ewell. He taught…
(Encyclopedia) Ruffin, EdmundRuffin, Edmundrŭfˈĭn [key], 1794–1865, American agriculturist, one of the Southern fire-eaters, b. Prince George co., Va. His interest in improving impoverished land led…
(Encyclopedia) Washington, Martha, 1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va. The daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones Dandridge, she first married (1749) Daniel Parke Custis…
(Encyclopedia) Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859–1947, American suffragist and peace advocate, b. Carrie Lane, Ripon, Wis., grad. Iowa State College (now Iowa State Univ.), 1880. She was superintendent of…
(Encyclopedia) Peninsular campaign, in the American Civil War, the unsuccessful Union attempt (Apr.–July, 1862) to capture Richmond, Va., by way of the peninsula between the York and James rivers…
The first women's gymnastics instruction in the United States was given at Mount Holyoke College in 1862. Olympic gymnastics competition for women was…
KINNEY, John Fitch, a Delegate from the Territory of Utah; born in New Haven, Oswego County, N.Y., April 2, 1816; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837…
Find out about the origins of APA Heritage Month, view a timeline of Asian-American History, get information about Japanese relocation centers and famous firsts of Asian Americans, and…
